Grain-binder



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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 279,369. Patented June 12,1883.

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HANS AMUNDSON AND AMOND OLSON, OF ST. CHARLES, MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,309 dated June 12,1883;. Application filed March 25, 1882. (No model.)

.To all whom it may cn0ern:

( tending fingers c, which work through slots Be it known that we, HANsAMUNDSON and (7/ in the inclined plane, acting alternately to AMorIDOLSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of St. Charles, inthe county of \Vinona and State of Minnesota, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Grain- Binders; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a'full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a side view of our improved grain-binder. Fig. 2 is a top orplan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a view from the stubble side of themachine. Fig. 4 is a view of the same, seen from the grain side of themachine. Fig. 5 is aside view of one of the packers removed from thebinder. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the compressor. Fig. 7 is a horizon-'tal sectional view, looking down upon the twine-holder.

the slide removed from the binder.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of Fig. 9 is a detail view of the knotterdetached from the binder. Fig. 10 is a side view, in detail, of thetooth-plate. Fig. 11 is a perspective-view of the needle-arm and pivotedcompressor. Fig. 12 is'a detail view of one of the discharging-arms.Fig. 13 is a detail view of the pivoted compressor removed from theneedle-arm. Fig. 14. is a view of a portion of the floor of the binder.Figs.15,16,17,19, and are detail views of parts of the binder and Fig.18 is a detail vertical sectional view, showing part of the mechanismfor operating the knotter.

This invention has relation to grain-binders; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the frame-work of the binderattachment, supporting the inclined plane or slidefloor B and theoperating mechanism.

0 represents the power-shaft under the rear portion of the inclinedplane, said shaft being a chain-from the harvester.

push the grain forward and downward toward the foot-board and compressorat the foot of the inclined plane. The tails e of the packersreciprocate in bearings in a rock-shaft, f, journaled in the framework,this shaft serving to govern the vibratory movements of the packers. Theshaft 0 is provided with a sprocket-wheel, g, which is connected bymeans of a chain, It, with a sprocket-wheel, g, which is provided withprojections], to engage the head of a dog, D,'when said head is raisedby a spring, (2. The dog D is pivoted to a gear-wheel, E, which engagesthe gear-wheel F on the end of the binder-shaft G. The binder-shaft istherefore put in operation when the head of the dog I) is raised, andthis is designed to be accomplished automatically by the accumulation ofsufiicient grain on the lower part of the inclined plane against thecompressorfingers V V in the following manner: A stop lever, H, ispivoted to an arm of the frame, and is held by a spring, (I, inengagement with the tail of the dog D. The compressor V V is pivoted toa plate, 0, which isusually slotted for adjustment at the lower edge ofthe inclined plane, and through the foot-board I extends an adjustablepin, Zr, which is connected to a lever, T T, pivoted to the foot-board,said pin 1) serving as a stop-for the compressor, so that whensufficient grain to form a bundle has been accumulated against thecompressor the lever T T will be put in operation. This lever engagesthe end of the stop-lever H, and when put in action by the compressormoves said stop-lever out of engagement with the dog D, allowing itshead to rise, and effect an engagement between the sprocket-wheel g andthe gear E, so that the binder-shaft Gis set inmotion by theintervention of the coupling-dog.

J represents a broad guard-plate, the upper and rear end of which issupported by atransverse bar, 71, which is elevated above the up per endof the inclined plane by suitable arms of the frame, and the lower andfront end of which is suspended from the binder-shaft G by means of ahanger, K. The guard-plate is slotted at k longitudinally, and in theinclined plane B a slot, k, is provided, under the slot is and betweenthe slots (1, through which the packers play. The slots k and 7c aredesigned for the passage of the needle-arm N E, which is attached to arock-shaft, L, under the front portion of the inclined plane, said shaftbeing operated from the gear F by means of a camlever, M, engaging awrist-pin, 17, on said gear, and a rod, j, connecting the cam-lever toan arm at the end of the rock-shaft.

On the binder-shaft G, at each side of the hanger K, is secured adischarging-arm, N, its coiled or spring end being attached to a hub,-13', on the shaft. These elastic orspring disehargers N are designed tooperate in connec tion with the footboard I, which is attached to arock-shaft, j, having a loop-arm, I, and segment-gear Z to engage adepending slidearm m having a rack, m, said slide-arm being pivoted to acrank-arm, a, at theend of the binder-shaft G, as shown in the drawings.The normal position of the foot-board is up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3;but when the shaft (1- revol'ves, the foot-board is, by means of theslide-ar1n m, brought up squarely against the bundle at the foot of theinclined plane, and as the discliargingarms engage the bundle thetoot-board is suddenly thrown open by the rack and segment, so that thebundle is expelled with some force. After the grain is packed againstthe compressor V V and trips the dog D, the needle-arm carrying thetwine )1. moves forward through the slots of the 111- clined plane andguardqglate over the knotty ing devices, which latter are put inoperation, as follows:

Bearings are provided on the hanger or framing which supports theguaidplate J for a pawl-operating lever, I, a slide-operating level-,1and the rotating stem Q of the tyingbill R, said stem being providedwith a pinion, Q. These parts-are operated from the shaft U, which.carries a wheel, T, having the segment-gear S, for engagement with thepinion Q, the cam U on the side of wheel T for the pawl-lever 1?, andthe cam V for the slide-lever P. The pawl-lever ll? carries at its lowerend a springpawl, p, which engages the ratchet r of the twine-holder W.This consists of two circular plates, 1, mounted on stud, s, and holdingbetween them a margin ally -toothed disk or plate, U, which is mountedon an eccentric bearing, 8, of the stud s, and is made to move with theplates 1' by means of engaging teeth, the eccentric causing the teeth ofthe disk w to project beyond the margins of the side plates, 0', above,and to be retracted between them below. It will be seen that thisoperation will cause the teeth to engage the cord and press it againstthe cap-piece 10 (below mentioned) when the cord is to be held; butafter it is out there will be a short piece still held which it isdesirable. to get rid of. This is done when the eccentric causes theteeth of the disks to be drawn in between the plates o c, which in thismovement act to push off the cord end, which is held by any one of theteeth. Engaging the side of the rotating twine-holder XV is the pivotedcap-piece, w, arranged at the end of an arm, c, which carries a spring,1 which tends to keep the cap piece pressed up against the rotary holderXV. The cap-piece is grooved in frontto receive the teeth of the middleplate, w, and by its engagement with these teeth and the rotary platesserves to hold the twine firmly.

R represents the tying-bil1, extending horizontally from the lower endof its stem Q. The tying bill is formed with an upper branch, at", andtwo lower branches, to, between which is pivoted a tongue-catch, .6,which lies between said lower branches in a depressed position,disengaged, until raised by the rib z 011 the slide Z, which also actsas a loopstripper, and is operated by the cam V and the lever P. ter Z,which, acting in ctn jilnction with the stationary cutter Z, severs thetwine when the knot is tied. A guard-linger, Y, extends over the toe ofthe tying-bill, and serves to keep the twine which is brought up by theneedle in proper position until the twine has been grasped by thetwine-holder. The twine a is fed from a receptacle, B, through guideeyes0 into and through a passage, 1 in the needle to its point end, in whichis the eye 1/,

through which the twine passes downward to be connected by its end tothe twineholder. On'its passage from the receptacle B to the needle thetwine passes through an eye in the end of the takcup lever D, which ispivoted to anarm of the frame, and is operated totake up the slack whilethe bundle is being tied by means of the cam E on the cog-wheel F. Inorder that the grain maybe fed truly The slide Z also carries thecutdown the inclined plane and the butts ot' the bundles squarelyformed, a buttapron, G, is pivoted by its upper end to the butt side ofthe inclined plane, and is provided with a lever, L, connected to itslower end, whereby it can be easily regulated for longer or shortergrain. As soon as the weight of the accumulated grain is suflicient toforce the lower co1npressor, V V, against and depress the adj ustablepin 1), which projects through the footboard, and is connected to theinner end of the lever T T, the outer end of the said lever T T willbear against the stop-lever H, causing the upper end of said stop-leverto become disengaged from the tail of the dog D, thereby throwing thebinding and tying mechanism into operation, and this mechanism will continue to operate until the gavel has been bound and discharged from themachine, and the tying and binding mechanism have assumed their normalpositions, when the mechanism will stop until again set in operation bythe weight of the accumulated grain, as before described. The needle-armis recessed to receive the upper end of a compressor, H", which alsoserves as a cord-placer, pivoted to one side of the needle-arm l E, andhaving a hinged guide-rod, M, encircled by areplacingspring, and workingin a guide-bearing, M

inclined platform B is provided near its lower- The slot kin the broughtup is caught by the teeth of the holder and carried downward between thesame and its cap-piece. Meanwhile the tying-billis ro tated, forming .aloop around its body and between the holder and the bundle. As theknotter continues to turn it receives the two ends of the twine betweenits upper and lower jaws, and the slide being now pushed under the lowerjaw its ridge closes the catclrtongue over the cord, holding the enduntil the loop around the tying-bill is pushed over its toe, said loopthen closing on the cord ends, which are held by the catch-tongue,forming a secure knot. The ends are cut by the engagement of the cutteron the slide with the stationary knife just before the loop is pushedoff the knotter. The guard-finger Y, which is attached to the slide, ismoved out of engagement with the toe of the tying-bill while the ridgeof the slide is in engagement with the catch-tongue, and does notobstruct the action of said ridge in pushing the loop off thetying-bill.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a grain-binder, a rotating tying-bill having the branches to a, acatch -tongue pivoted between the branches (1, a closing-slide operatingin connection therewith, and devices for moving the same, substantiallyas specified.

2. 'In a grain-binder, the curved reciprocating twine-car1ying needlehaving the concaved recessed edge H and the pivoted spring-actuatedcompressor M in combination with the lever M, its arc-shaped cam M, thewheel F, and the connecting mechanism, substantially as specified. V

,3. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the compressor pivoted"at'the base of the in clined plane, and the wheels E and g, of thecoupling-dog D, stop-lever H, the lever T T, pivoted to the foot-board,and the needle-arm N E, provided with the pivoted compressor ll/P,substantially as specified.

4. In' combination with the knotter, the slide Z, carrying the rib z andthe cutter Z, substantially as specified.

5. In a grain-binder, the tying-bill having an upper branch, a and twolower branches, a, and a pivoted tongue-catch, 2, between said lowerbranches, substantially as specified.

6. In a grain-binder, the combination, with a twine-holder, and a rotarytying-bill having a connected catch-tongue, of a reciprocating slidehaving a guard-finger, Y, and rib a, sub stantially as specified.

7. In a grain-binder, the combination, with the tying-bill,closingslide, and twine-holder,

of the wheel T on the binder-shatt, its segment-gear S and cams V V, thepinion Q on the looper-stem, and the levers l. 1?, substantially asspecified.

S. In a grain-binder; a rotary twine-holder having marginal studs, aneccentric bearing, and side disks, a ratchet-andpawl movement, and alateral cap-piece engaging the rotary holder by spring-pressure,substantially as specified.

9. In a grainbinder, the combination, with the binder-shaft carrying thespring-dischargers N and the crank-arm n, of the rock-shaft j on thefoot-board, its segment-gear Z, and the slide-arm m, having the rack m,substanti ally as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

' HANS AMUNDSON. I AMOND OLSON.

\Vitnesses: W. M. Ross,

A. J. OLDS.

